Pennsylvania Motorcycle Accident Lawyers
Motorcycle crashes can cause severe injuries even at lower speeds. Riders often face both serious medical issues and unfair assumptions about how the collision happened.
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How Our Pennsylvania Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Can Help
Motorcycle cases require careful investigation of roadway conditions, vehicle movements, visibility, witness accounts, helmets and protective equipment, insurance coverage, and the injuries caused by the crash.
Pisanchyn Law Firm investigates fault, preserves evidence, deals with insurers, and documents how the collision has affected medical treatment, work, mobility, and daily life.
- How the collision happened and the vehicles involved
- Police reports, witnesses, photos, video, and roadway evidence
- Your injuries, treatment, work loss, and future medical needs
- Available motorcycle, auto, UM/UIM, and other insurance coverage
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Left-Turn Collisions
Drivers turning across a rider’s path can create severe crashes with little time to react.
Lane-Change Accidents
Blind spots, unsafe merging, and failure to check for motorcycles can cause sideswipes and run-offs.
Distracted Driving
Phone use and inattention may be central evidence when another driver fails to see a rider.
Roadway Hazards
Debris, potholes, construction conditions, and unsafe surfaces can be especially dangerous for motorcycles.
Impaired Drivers
Alcohol or drug impairment can affect reaction time, judgment, lane position, and speed.
Serious Rider Injuries
Motorcycle crashes frequently involve fractures, road rash, head injuries, spinal injuries, and permanent disability.
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What Should You Do After a Motorcycle Accident?
Your health comes first. Motorcycle injuries may be serious even when symptoms are not obvious immediately.
- Seek appropriate medical care and follow treatment recommendations.
- Get police report information and photograph the scene, motorcycle, other vehicles, and protective gear when possible.
- Preserve damaged clothing, helmet, motorcycle parts, and photographs rather than discarding them.
- Collect witness information and save any available camera or dash-camera footage.
- Keep medical bills, wage-loss information, and insurance correspondence.
- Be cautious about detailed recorded statements or final releases before the full injury picture is clear.
Motorcycle cases can turn on small details about visibility, lane position, speed, and driver attention. Evidence gathered early can help reconstruct what happened.
Motorcycle Crashes Can Cause Life-Changing Harm
Riders have little physical protection in a collision. Claims may involve long-term orthopedic, neurological, spinal, scarring, or mobility issues.
What Compensation May Be Available?
The available recovery depends on fault, insurance coverage, the injuries, treatment, work loss, and long-term effects.
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Loss of future earning capacity
- Rehabilitation and therapy
- Pain and suffering when legally available
- Permanent disability
- Scarring or disfigurement
- Loss of quality of life
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Pennsylvania Motorcycle Accident FAQs
What if the driver says they never saw the motorcycle?
Failure to see a motorcycle does not automatically excuse unsafe driving. Visibility, right-of-way, speed, and roadway evidence should be evaluated.
Does helmet use decide whether I can bring a claim?
Helmet use may affect some injury issues, but responsibility for the collision depends on the facts and applicable law.
What if I was partly at fault?
Pennsylvania fault rules can affect recovery. The evidence should be reviewed rather than assuming a partial-fault allegation ends the claim.
What insurance coverage may apply?
Motorcycle policies, other auto policies, UM/UIM coverage, and the at-fault driver’s coverage may need to be examined.
Should I keep my damaged motorcycle and gear?
When practical, preserving the motorcycle, helmet, clothing, and damaged components can help document the crash and injuries.
Motorcycle Accident Attorneys
An unfair bias against motorcyclists is very widely placed. The common assumption is that motorcycle riders are reckless, irresponsible, and negligent of traffic laws. Many people assume that motorcycle accidents are the fault of the cyclist because of this bias against them. This cannot be farther from the truth.
As Pennsylvania motorcycle accident attorneys, we know how catastrophic a motorcycle accident can be. Speeding, alcohol or drug use, and disobeying traffic laws by either party, greatly increases the chances of a serious accident.
Many bikers take precautions to avoid accidents. However, too often the other driver’s mistakes cause serious accidents. Even when all safety measures have been made, there is no way to eliminate the risk, even for the most skilled bikers.
What’s worse is that so many bikers don’t know what to do after a motorcycle accident. Seeking motorcycle accident legal advice after an accident could be the best decision that a biker can make.
OUR ATTORNEYS RESPECT AND HELP BIKERS
We have Pennsylvania accident attorneys on staff who ride motorcycles. They understand first hand how easily a motorcycle accident can happen and have seen the road through your eyes. Attorney Pisanchyn owns and rides a Harley Sportster and a Harley Softail Springer. Attorney Yazinski owns and rides a Harley Fatboy.
Our motorcycle attorneys understand that most motorcyclists are as good, if not better, drivers as all other operators of motor vehicles. We also understand that it may be hard to receive the full compensation you deserve for your motorcycle accident due to the biases placed against you. We can help. We offer free consultations, no win no fee representation, and 24/7 on-call service to victims of Pennsylvania motorcycle accidents, call 1-800-444-5309 now for your free consultation.
COMMON CAUSES OF MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
Motorcycle accidents can have human factors or environmental factors as their main cause.
THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS WITH HUMAN FACTORS ARE:
- Unsafe Speed
- Failure to Yield Right of Way
- Driver Inattention/Distraction
- Driver Inexperience
- Following Too Closely
- Improper Passing or Lane Usage
- Reaction of Other Uninvolved Vehicle
- Turning Improperly
- Unsafe Lane Change
- Alcohol Involved
THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ARE:
- Animal Action
- Slippery Pavement
- Obstruction/Debris in the Roadway
- Limited/Obstructed View
- Defective Pavement
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO TO AVOID THESE COMMON MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT CAUSES:
- Be as visible to other drivers as possible. Keep your headlights on during the daytime, wear reflective gear, and equip your bike with a fairing or windshield.
- Get proper training. Bikers who are well trained on how to ride and care for their bikes are less likely to be involved in Motorcycle Accidents.
- Wear the right gear. Helmets for motorcyclists are like seatbelts for drivers. Wearing a helmet will reduce the risk of suffering a traumatic brain injury or death. Other safety gear includes eye protection,, gloves, appropriate footwear, leg guards and jackets.
- Ride Sober. Alcohol and other drugs affect judgment and do not mix with motorcycling.
- Obey the Law. Don’t speed; know the local traffic laws and rules of the road.
OUR PENNSYLVANIA MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LAWYERS CAN HELP
Many times, when an accident involves a motorcycle and a normal passenger vehicle, the fault is on the driver of the normal passenger vehicle. Motorcycles go somewhat undetected and unnoticed in traffic, especially on busy roads or highways. Due to their small size they easily fit in the blind spots of most normal passenger vehicles causing other drivers to not see them and cut them off, hit them, or violate the motorcycle’s right of way. It is unfair to expect motorcyclists to overcompensate for distracted careless drivers of much bigger vehicles, especially on busy streets or highways.
If you were injured in a motorcycle accident, you should be focusing on one thing – getting better. Aside from our free consultations, no win no fee representation, and 24/7 on-call assistance, our Pennsylvania motorcycle accident attorneys will be on your side every step of the way and will take the worries and stress off your hands. From the moment you hire us to get your compensation we will:
- send investigators to the scene of the accident.
- have experts reconstruct the accident when needed.
- gather evidence to support your motorcycle case.
- most importantly, fight the insurance companies that don’t have your best interest in mind.
Please, call our Pennsylvania motorcycle lawyers toll free at 1-800-444-5309 for a free consultation.
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